Branding, communication and conference material recently designed for ‘The Building Children’s Nursing for Africa’ conference, hosted by the Child Nurse Practice Development Initiative, University of Cape Town and Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital. The conference took place last month and it was fantastic to work with the team, and play a small part in the significant difference that they are making, training and up-skilling children's nurses throughout Africa.

This is my recent branding and packaging design concept for
Lukie’s Farmhouse and Wadmans Family Grocer. As the desire for us to be closer
to the makers of our produce increases, the popularity of farm foods continues
to grow, creating exciting new opportunities for small businesses to compete on
a wider scale and alongside more established producers.

Key to this success is to ensure that the products branding and packaging
design communicate your message, whilst understa...

I really enjoyed this article where Ilya Kalimulin has
recreated 30 household name brands for the Russian market. This is something
that has interested me for some time. You may need to translate this article,
but it is worth it! Read it here.

Valencia FC’s 100th anniversary logo is being challenged by DC
Comics because of the likeness with in the bat symbol. DC Comics are making
their case, based on how the Spanish football club’s logo could cause confusion
and highlighting all of DC’s European trademarks as a focus. Valencia, however
have been using a bat in it’s crest since 1921. It will certainly be
interesting to see the developments in this story. More here.

World renown branding agency Interbrand, have redesigned
their famous word-mark, in-house. Moving the design into a clean but simple use
of Helvetica, this supports their new look website. You can read more about
interbrand below and can visit the site by clicking here.

On world AIDS day, I thought that it would be a good
oportunity to give a huge shout-out to the amazing work that Vince Frost and
studio Frost Collective are doing with ACON, to end HIV by 2020 in Australia. I
love big ideas and they don't come much bigger than this. Please support the
fantastic work that they are doing. Click here to read more at the Frost
Collective Website. More here!

Australia’s largest airline has introduced a new logo and livery, designed in partnership with Quantas consultant Marc Newson and Australian branding agency Houston group.

In a press release, Quantas write:
The change is only the fifth time the red-and-white image on the tail of Qantas aircraft has been updated since it was first introduced in 1944. The last update was in 2007 to coincide with the introduction of the
Airbus A380 to the national carrier’s fleet.

After a number of rigorous design checks, these are the
shortlisted, final four logo's, chosen by the Games selection committee.

A. Harmonized chequered emblem
B. Connecting Circle, Expanding Harmony
C. Surpassing One’s Personal Best
D. Flowering of EmotionsClick here to
visit the link, where you can read more on each selection.

Then, have your say! You can now help make the final
selection by clicking here.

French graphic artist Jean Jullien has created a symbol
that is likely to become the most iconic and widely shared image following the
Paris terrorist attacks. Created in an act of spontaneity, it has become a worldwide symbol of solidarity. The symbol is clear proof of the power of visual imagery and how a small but clever change can make such a powerful difference and become iconic in it's own right.

His reworking of the peace symbol cleverly replaces the bomb-like line structure from the or... Continue reading ...

Over the past months we have seen some very high profile
brand redesigns within the tech sector, including the likes off Google, Opera
and Lenovo. To this end, I thought that it would be interesting to take a brief
look behind the scenes at some of the agencies, processes and rationales that
have been employed within each of the three projects.

GoogleOne of the most publicised re design is that of the Google
logo mark, probably due to that fact that it plays such a huge part of our
daily liv... Continue reading ...

I am an avid collector of design books. Its
a real love of mine. I’ve built up quite a comprehensive library and I am
always suggesting or lending my books to my team. Recently, readers of this
blog have also been asking for books recommendations, so I thought that I would
post a few of my favourites.

Symbol by Steven Bateman and Pentagram
partner Angus Hyland has been a valuable source to me when developing logos and
brand identity systems. There are over 1300 logos included with the boo...

Whist reading through the design press,
this fantastic new book by Jens Müller; 'Logo Modernism', caught my
eye and is now at the top of my Christmas list!

Published by Taschen the book features
approximately 6000 trademarks/logo's, focusing on the forty-year period between
1940 to 1980, a time where Paul Rand, Soul Bass and Massimo Vignelli were
changing the industry with their modernist approach to corporate identity. The
book is divided into three chapters; geometric, effect, and typogr...